Zomoskepsis

[kelber at mindspring.com]

Then there's that other made-up word Pynchon uses later in VL(my personal favorite):  fecoventilatory, as in fecoventilatory collision.

Laura

-----Original Message-----
>From: Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com>
>Sent: Dec 20, 2008 12:47 PM
>To: Michael Bailey <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>
>Cc: P-list <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>Subject: Re: Zomoskepsis
>
>On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 11:05 AM, Michael Bailey
><michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>>Two of our advisors spotted "omphaloskepsis"
>>>(navel-gazing) in the beginning chapters of Umberto
>>>Eco's Foucault's Pendulum.
>>
>> I'm sure I've seen that word in earlier works than FP
>
>You know, I remember looking up taht entry this morning, but never
>finidng an opportunity to send it.  Anyway, hope it's off some use to
>someone or anoter here ...